COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING – NUR 471 STUDY GUIDE |
COMPLETE NURSING EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
acute care nursing - ANS ✔✔Care of solitary patients
Primarily illness end of health continuum (you don't do more than that)
public health nursing - ANS ✔✔care encompasses wide range
main goal is prevent health problems and promote high level of health
community health definition - ANS ✔✔identification of needs and the protection and improvement of
collective health within a GEOGRAPHICALLY defined area
public health definition - ANS ✔✔activities that society undertakes to assure the conditions in which
people can be healthy
public health nursing defined - ANS ✔✔nursing that is community based and most importantly
population focused
core public health functions - ANS ✔✔assessment -> policy development -> assurance
public health function: assessment - ANS ✔✔regular collection, analysis, and sharing of information
about health conditions, risks, and resources in a community
public health function: policy development - ANS ✔✔use of assessment data to develop policy and
direct resources toward those policies
public health function: assurance - ANS ✔✔availability of necessary services throughout the community
concept of community - ANS ✔✔a collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging
examples of community - ANS ✔✔citizens of a town
group of farmers
prison community
tiny village in Appalachia
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Professional Nurse's Association
3 types of community - ANS ✔✔geographic, common interest, community of solution
geographic community - ANS ✔✔city, town, neighborhood
available data such as morbidity and mortality figures
common interest community - ANS ✔✔church, professional organization, people with mastectomies
, community of solution - ANS ✔✔group of people who come together to solve a problem that affects all
of them
- ex: schools who collaborate w/ law enforcement and health agencies, legislators, and policy makers
boundaries form around the schools, agencies, and political figures involved
- ex: a water pollution problem may involve several counties whose agencies and personnel must work
together to control upstream water supply, industrial waste disposal, and city water treatment.
a community is NOT based on ..... - ANS ✔✔Location
population - ANS ✔✔all people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more characteristics
people not necessarily interacting with one another not not necessarily sharing a sense of belonging to
that group
The designation of a population is useful in community health for ...? - ANS ✔✔epidemiologic study and
for collecting demographic data for purposes such as health planning
- this meaning becomes useful when a specific group of people is targeted for intervention, the
population's common characteristics become a major focus of the intervention
aggregate - ANS ✔✔mass grouping of individuals considered as a whole
loosely associated with one another
ex: pregnant/parenting teens, elderly adults with disabilities, gay men with HIV/AIDS
concept of health - ANS ✔✔holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body, and spirit
wellness - ANS ✔✔health plus the capacity to develop a person's potential...leading to a fulfilling and
productive life
illness - ANS ✔✔state of being relatively unhealthy
Florence Nightingale and the Concept of Health - ANS ✔✔- explored health and illness connection w/
the environment
- she believed a person's health was greatly influenced by ventilation, nose, light, cleanliness, diet, and a
restful bed
- subjective and objective data
health continuum - ANS ✔✔many levels and degrees of wellness and illness
genomics - ANS ✔✔the identification and plotting of human genes and the study of the interaction of
genes with each other and the environment
- intervention services based on genetic findings and client lifestyle modifications may be recommended
from birth
pharamcogenomics - ANS ✔✔can now permit the design of drugs tailored to a person's genetic makeup
or to a targeted disease
COMPLETE NURSING EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
acute care nursing - ANS ✔✔Care of solitary patients
Primarily illness end of health continuum (you don't do more than that)
public health nursing - ANS ✔✔care encompasses wide range
main goal is prevent health problems and promote high level of health
community health definition - ANS ✔✔identification of needs and the protection and improvement of
collective health within a GEOGRAPHICALLY defined area
public health definition - ANS ✔✔activities that society undertakes to assure the conditions in which
people can be healthy
public health nursing defined - ANS ✔✔nursing that is community based and most importantly
population focused
core public health functions - ANS ✔✔assessment -> policy development -> assurance
public health function: assessment - ANS ✔✔regular collection, analysis, and sharing of information
about health conditions, risks, and resources in a community
public health function: policy development - ANS ✔✔use of assessment data to develop policy and
direct resources toward those policies
public health function: assurance - ANS ✔✔availability of necessary services throughout the community
concept of community - ANS ✔✔a collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging
examples of community - ANS ✔✔citizens of a town
group of farmers
prison community
tiny village in Appalachia
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Professional Nurse's Association
3 types of community - ANS ✔✔geographic, common interest, community of solution
geographic community - ANS ✔✔city, town, neighborhood
available data such as morbidity and mortality figures
common interest community - ANS ✔✔church, professional organization, people with mastectomies
, community of solution - ANS ✔✔group of people who come together to solve a problem that affects all
of them
- ex: schools who collaborate w/ law enforcement and health agencies, legislators, and policy makers
boundaries form around the schools, agencies, and political figures involved
- ex: a water pollution problem may involve several counties whose agencies and personnel must work
together to control upstream water supply, industrial waste disposal, and city water treatment.
a community is NOT based on ..... - ANS ✔✔Location
population - ANS ✔✔all people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more characteristics
people not necessarily interacting with one another not not necessarily sharing a sense of belonging to
that group
The designation of a population is useful in community health for ...? - ANS ✔✔epidemiologic study and
for collecting demographic data for purposes such as health planning
- this meaning becomes useful when a specific group of people is targeted for intervention, the
population's common characteristics become a major focus of the intervention
aggregate - ANS ✔✔mass grouping of individuals considered as a whole
loosely associated with one another
ex: pregnant/parenting teens, elderly adults with disabilities, gay men with HIV/AIDS
concept of health - ANS ✔✔holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body, and spirit
wellness - ANS ✔✔health plus the capacity to develop a person's potential...leading to a fulfilling and
productive life
illness - ANS ✔✔state of being relatively unhealthy
Florence Nightingale and the Concept of Health - ANS ✔✔- explored health and illness connection w/
the environment
- she believed a person's health was greatly influenced by ventilation, nose, light, cleanliness, diet, and a
restful bed
- subjective and objective data
health continuum - ANS ✔✔many levels and degrees of wellness and illness
genomics - ANS ✔✔the identification and plotting of human genes and the study of the interaction of
genes with each other and the environment
- intervention services based on genetic findings and client lifestyle modifications may be recommended
from birth
pharamcogenomics - ANS ✔✔can now permit the design of drugs tailored to a person's genetic makeup
or to a targeted disease
